"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

Cold cosmic dust grains can link amino acids into protein‑like chains in deep space, suggesting life’s chemistry may begin ...

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients ...

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

Scientists have discovered more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system. What if some of them aren't planets at all, but ...

American space agency NASA announced the launch of an improved software called ExoMiner++ that is used to detect exoplanet ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again toward the end of February.

Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...